Literacy counsel.I enjoyed reading John Van Pelt's article, "Revamping Reading" (April 2006), about his work with the reading program in the Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo is the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,747. It belongs to the Cedar Falls-Waterloo Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the larger of the two cities, by population. , schools. As a new superintendent, I face similar problems in our Southeastern Indiana Indiana, state, United States Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). school district. Our demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. are close to those of Waterloo Waterloo, town, Belgium Waterloo (vä`tərlō), commune (1991 pop. 27,860), Walloon Brabant prov., central Belgium, near Brussels. The battle of Waterloo (see Waterloo campaign) was fought just south of there on June 18, 1815. , and I too face the issue of "just shut my door and let me teach." I have strong commitment to improving this instructional area and feel our teachers must build meaningful relationships with their students. With our students returning home each day to so many different environments, we have to play a major role in their learning environment. I am passing along Van Pelt's article to our school district's curriculum director. STEPHEN G. FISHER Superintendent, Clarksville Community School Corporation, Clarksville, Ind. |
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